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This week brought warm weather, innovation and mentorship to campus with Steve Wozniak visiting campus and business professionals coming to speak at the Phillips School of Business. Take a look below at what happened this week in photos.

This story is featured in the Fall 2017 edition of the HPU Magazine. Discover below how HPU’s School of Art and Design molds students into innovative problem solvers. Beyond Norton Hall’s third-floor atrium, inside studio walls painted canary yellow, HPU students create around the clock. As hours feel like minutes, they work on projects. Their classmates become […]

HIGH POINT, N.C., Dec. 22, 2017 –Throughout the months of November and December, High Point University students, faculty and staff hosted programs to benefit the local community and beyond. These efforts are part of the 100,000 hours of service and thousands of dollars that the HPU family contributes each year to local causes. HPU […]

Pictured above starting from the left professor Cathy Nowicky, Lauren Yoder, Maureen Coleman and Dana Bentley. The kitchen walls were painted a 1950’s mint green. The living room’s dusty maroon and gold colors didn’t help. Now these spaces resemble something from a magazine. In November, three interior design students led by professor Cathy Nowicki gave […]

This story is featured in the Fall 2017 edition of the HPU Magazine. Discover below how HPU’s educational model has a mission to help students begin their professional careers as soon as they arrive on campus. Emily De Lena was a student when she stood in front of Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph, who is now HPU’s Entrepreneur in Residence. […]

With another successful commencement behind us, recent High Point University graduates are preparing to commence prestigious career paths around the world at Fortune 500 companies, international service programs, public school systems, top-tier law, medical and graduate school programs, and many other esteemed organizations thanks to their journey at HPU. Here’s a glimpse of one extraordinary […]

This story is featured in the Fall 2017 edition of the HPU Magazine. Discover below how HPU’s study abroad opportunities provide students with valuable experiences. It was noon on a hot August day when I landed at Florence’s little airport. In the distance, I saw the Tuscan hillside and its rolling landscape and vineyards. The bright Italian sun […]

HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 29, 2017 – High Point University has recently been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). HPU is the only private college in North Carolina to earn this status. “This is a big accomplishment that should be beneficial particularly to the School of Art and Design […]

This week was filled with excitement on HPU’s campus. From welcoming guest speaker Mike Schlappi, to celebrating Thanksgiving, and watching as Christmas decorations went up around campus, catch a glimpse of what happened on campus this week.

HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 16, 2017 – High Point University students, faculty and staff recently received the following academic and professional awards and recognitions: Director of Vocal Studies to Perform ‘The Polar Express’ with NC Symphony Dr. Scott MacLeod, director of vocal studies at HPU, was selected to be a narrator and soloist for “The […]

High Point University student Francesca Callahan is pictured in front of Bungalow 5, a showroom at the High Point Furniture Market. HIGH POINT, N.C., Oct. 18, 2017 – The High Point Furniture Market is a bustling environment. Among professionals in the furniture, sales and interior design industries, High Point University students feel right at home. Gaining experience […]

HIGH POINT, N.C., June 9, 2017 – Addison Gantt, a rising junior at High Point University, has been selected to receive the Celia Moh Scholarship for the 2017-18 academic year. The scholarship will pay for full tuition, room, board, books and fees. Gantt is a Salisbury native majoring in visual merchandising design. She is one […]

HIGH POINT, N.C., April 20, 2017 – Hannah Rowell, a senior at High Point University, was honored today as the 2017 recipient of the Haverty Cup. The Haverty Cup was established in 1988 by the late Rawson Haverty to honor annually an outstanding graduating senior in a home furnishings-related programs at HPU. This tribute was […]

Jenn Armstrong can play four instruments. One is almost as big as her — the baritone sax. She performs in five bands at High Point University — that’s right, five – and she’s also HPU’s first drum major – a position in which she conducts the pep band, something she’s done for the past three […]

HIGH POINT, N.C., March 8, 2017 – High Point University faculty and students recently received the following academic and professional awards and recognitions. Interior Design Students Earn LEED Green Associate Designation Aria Real, Hayley Clarke and Hannah Grau, senior interior design majors at HPU, recently earned the LEED Green Associate designation. This credential allows designers […]

HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 28, 2016 – High Point University junior Lauren Sanchez, a sales major with a concentration in furniture and a visual merchandising minor from Silver Spring, Maryland, is the recipient of the Bill and Bonnie Peterson Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to students in the HPU School of Art and Design […]

HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 14, 2016 – Two High Point University students have received recognition from the International Furniture Design Association (IFDA) with the “Rising Star” award. This award honors a student from each of the 11 design programs at colleges across the Carolinas. Seniors Samantha Davis and Hannah Rowell were nominated by HPU faculty […]

HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 10, 2016 – High Point University student Ebony Gillette has been recognized for outstanding leadership and service by North Carolina Campus Compact, a statewide network of colleges and universities with a shared commitment to civic engagement. Gillette is a recipient of the network’s Community Impact Award, honoring one student leader at […]

HIGH POINT, N.C., Oct. 24, 2016 – At the High Point Market, couches, coffee tables and bedroom sets are infinite. But, for the High Point University students who are working there, the experiences and lessons are priceless. Taking advantage of an opportunity that can only be found in the city of High Point, students majoring […]

This story is featured in the Fall 2016 edition of the HPU Magazine, headed soon to a mailbox near you. Discover below how opportunity and innovation abound in High Point – the Silicon Valley of Furniture. There’s a reason the City of High Point is known as the Silicon Valley of Furniture. A few blocks down from […]